bmm6o

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901.
by bmm6o 16y ago
It's worse than that. The whole article is attacking a straw man, which so many software blog articles do. I'm not sure I would take the example in a Wikipedia article to be the pinnacle of software engineering. Sure, it would be strange
902.
by bmm6o 16y ago
> You've used the weasel words "associated with" which are common in psych studies. That's what psych studies do - they establish correlations. People are not crash-test dummies that can be produced identically in quantities and experi
903.
by bmm6o 16y ago
This is mentioned near the bottom of the linked page.
904.
by bmm6o 16y ago
I know it's just a blog post, but the section on "Parametric Polymorphism" says that the same code executes for any type. But in the example given, "a > b" will evaluate to entirely different operations depending on the type, and in fa
905.
by bmm6o 16y ago
Agreed. Some other entries on the list speak more to the current topics than readers' vocabulary, like Renminbi and Manichean.
906.
Unexpected antineutrino masses a puzzler for Standard Model(arstechnica.com)
1 points by bmm6o 16y ago|0 comments
907.
Goodstein's theorem(en.wikipedia.org)
2 points by bmm6o 16y ago|0 comments
908.
Safer C Code Using ATS(bluishcoder.co.nz)
2 points by bmm6o 16y ago|0 comments
909.
by bmm6o 16y ago
As they say, "All generalizations are false". Anyone can come up with anecdotes supporting either side of this argument, and as usual they are all right. Some options are the results of indecisive developers, who would be doing the user a
910.
The Ur Programming Language Family(impredicative.com)
44 points by bmm6o 16y ago|11 comments
911.
by bmm6o 16y ago
I forget the exact context, but Joel wrote about this exact same thing a while back. By lowering the barrier for users to leave (and take their stuff with them), they will be more likely to join. You keep them with service, not lock-in.
912.
by bmm6o 16y ago
I'm told that chess teams will sometimes do this. Usually, the nth best player on each team play against each other. The same strategy you describe can be used to increase the team's chance of winning the match. I don't know if it's cons
913.
by bmm6o 17y ago
Anyone interested in this topic should read "Bowling Alone". It's pretty scholarly but very readable.
914.
by bmm6o 17y ago
"The page you were looking for doesn't exist. You may have mistyped the address or the page may have moved." Wow, that's pretty zen.
915.
by bmm6o 17y ago
Aren't there people at the airports, willing to fly standby? That's as close to a box as it gets.
916.
by bmm6o 17y ago
> That said, it didn't air on TV either. Not true. I watched TA:WP uncut on Comedy Central. I kept thinking, "well, they'll have to cut that scene" but they showed the whole thing.
917.
by bmm6o 17y ago
I would prefer you don't. Meta is boring and usually unwelcome on HN (from what I've seen). I don't want to read a comment about how you voted or meant to vote.
918.
by bmm6o 17y ago
Metafilter does that, and I think that helps people continue a discussion that they are interested in, regardless of its effect on "reputation". HN does a similar thing with the "threads" link, but it only helps for conversations the user
919.
by bmm6o 17y ago
I don't think so. Or at least not at the cost of inhibiting discussion. I don't have any answers, and as the article discussed, you can't design a reputation scheme in a vacuum - you need to define your goals and align the incentives with
920.
by bmm6o 17y ago
That's awesome. I love that the secret sauce turned out to be Simpson's quotes.
921.
by bmm6o 17y ago
So many sites get their reputation system slightly wrong, and end up incentivizing behaviors that they claim to not want. On discussion forums with reputation systems, the "echo chamber" effect is encouraged - it's been a running joke on s
922.
by bmm6o 17y ago
I think most people here agree that SO is head-and-shoulders above its competition. I can point to specific things about it that I don't like, but in the end I come back and I appreciate the content. What I am curious to see (and I think
923.
by bmm6o 17y ago
I don't expect too many people on HN are doing SharePoint work, but if you are, you need to get VS 10 now. They've added templates for a variety of projects, and single-click compile/package/retract/deploy/debug of your project.
924.
by bmm6o 17y ago
There's the whole "Unknown or expired link" when you wait long enough before clicking "Next" (x?fnid=foo). I understand the cause behind it, but I prefer links that work.
925.
by bmm6o 17y ago
Because then the commenter can imply that aren't just classist, but racist too.
926.
by bmm6o 17y ago
> why does metafilter think they're in the right to change those affiliate links and steal those rewards? Because that is the policy that the moderators and community arrived at. Some people think that allowing affiliate links incentiv
927.
by bmm6o 17y ago
I'm not that familiar with Digg (it's the same as Reddit though, right?), but two major things occur to me: 1) I'm much less likely to vote a answer/question up/down on SO than I am at Reddit. On SO, if I'm not asking or answering, I'm rar
928.
by bmm6o 17y ago
Facebook asking someone not to infringe on their trademarks is like genocide? This is what you are standing by?
929.
by bmm6o 17y ago
> [they] do not test the same thing, they are not the same,and do not at all display the same riguor Ok, but I'm not sure who you're arguing with here. Is your beef with the word "experiment"? Nobody is submitting these results to a j
930.
by bmm6o 17y ago
Well, keep in mind that this is the DailyWTF, so the story has probably been enhanced for your entertainment/outrage. It's rare that you can take a story on the site at face value.

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